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Startup pitch: Gibby Road helps locals dabble as authentic tour guides

By Sean O'Neil | April 21, 2016

If locals can rent out their lodging, why can't they rent out their own time as tour guides, too?... Read More

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With a $34 million raise, Deem refocuses on travel B2B tools

By Sean O'Neil | April 21, 2016

Deem, a San Francisco-based e-commerce company, suddenly has an urge to purge after its... Read More

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Ctrip's latest partnership and investment: China Eastern Airlines

By Martin Cowen | April 21, 2016

China's biggest-by-far OTA Ctrip has announced an RMB 3 billion ($460 million) investment in China... Read More

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Uber and Lyft continue to overshadow taxis and rentals in business travel

By Linda Fox | April 21, 2016

Certify produces a quarterly report on business travel spending trends and in recent months has... Read More

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Australian TV show The Checkout satirizes OTA booking fees [VIDEO]

By Sean O'Neil | April 20, 2016

After Mary and Joseph fail to find an inn for the night in Bethlehem, the soon-to-be-parents-of-Jesus... Read More

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Cabify raises $120 million, plots further Latin America expansion

By Linda Fox | April 20, 2016

Cabify has closed an eyebrow-raising $120m investment round, led by Japan-based ecommerce company... Read More

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Move along tourists as Airbnb campaigns for the local experience

By Linda Fox | April 20, 2016

Airbnb says personalisation is at the heart of its updated mobile application launched this week... Read More

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Ixigo upgrades cab meta with crazy tech

By Martin Cowen | April 20, 2016

The latest innovation from India's travel search platform Ixigo enables users of its taxi cab meta... Read More

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Vacation rental tech startup Lodgify lands $1.6 million round

By Sean O'Neil | April 20, 2016

Lodgify, a vacation rental software startup, said today that it had raised Euro 1.4 million in a... Read More

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Turo, the peer-based car rental site, expands to Canada

By Sean O'Neil | April 20, 2016

Turo, a US-based platform to let car owners earn money from their vehicles when they’re idle, is... Read More

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